10' 



— 20' 



QU0N0CH0NTAUG POND 

 S 0\^ • : vr " WINNAPAUG POND, WEEKAPAUG 



EAST PT W ATC h HILL 

 FISHERS REEF 



ISLAND .^0 



A- 



BLOCK ISLAND 



MONTAUK PT 



74° 72 c 



70° 



68° 



30' 



- 10' 



41' 



Figure 1-1.— Site of the grounding of toe Ocean 2S0 on Watch Hill Reef, K.I. . and the immediate area including shore survey areas of Fishers Island and the southern Rhode 



Island coastline. 



gasoline. No immediately apparent traces of gasoline (by taste or 

 smell) or adverse biological effects (i.e., dead or moribund 

 organisms) were noted. 



No dead or moribund macroinvertebrates or fish were ob- 

 served along any of the sandy beaches. Occasionally dense flotsam 

 consisting mainly of washed-up kelp, Laminaria saccharina, was 

 observed, particularly near East Point, Conn.; however, this is a 

 normal occurrence, and there were no visible traces or smell of 



gasoline from these dense mats. Sandy areas were sampled every 46 

 m to a depth of 10 cm with a trowel to locate interstitial gasoline. 

 Again, no traces were seen or smelled. 



A large population of apparently healthy herring gulls, Larus 

 argentatus, was observed. No dead or abnormally behaving birds 

 were seen. 



Although there were no visible signs or effects of gasoline, 

 samples of sediment and M. edulis were collected for hydrocarbon 



